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Marksville United Methodist Church (Marksville, La.) records

 Collection
Identifier: LACUMC-2023-028

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Marksville United Methodist Church (Marksville, La.). The collection includes church bulletins.

Dates

  • 2006

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Physical rights are retained by the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Biographical / Historical

Marksville United Methodist Church was located at 651 North Main Street, Marksville, Louisiana.

The church was organized in 1897 with seven charter members. Evariste J. Joffrion donated land to build the first wooden church. Five of the seven charter members were from the Joffrion family. The pastor, Rev. W. L. Woodward also served as minister for the Presbyterian congregation.

The first parsonage on North Main Street was acquired in 1927 while Rev. White served as pastor. In the late 1940s, that home was sold and the Bijou Lafargue home next door to the church was purchased for use as a parsonage. In 1979, the current parsonage on Debellevue Street was purchased. The Lafargue house was taken down in 1982 and the space was used as a parking lot. The parsonage was renovated in 1994.

An education building was constructed in 1952. In June 1957, Hurricane Audrey damaged the church and it had to be taken down. A new $24,000 brick church was constructed in 1958 under the leadership of Rev. Carl Lipe. The front wall of the new structure contained a circular stained glass depiction of Jesus at Gethsemane.

In 1985, an education building was constructed behind the church. The debt was paid off on June 26, 1994, under the leadership of Rev. Marvin Pratt. Over the years, Mrs. Betty Garrot led the ladies of the church in holding rummage sales to help pay off debts.

Marksville United Methodist Church disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church in November 2022.

Source: Timothy Hebert, “The Historical Register of the Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church,” (Louisiana: Louisiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, 2004), page AL-30.

Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This item is organized by subject, then chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Unknown person dropped off collection at First United Methodist Church (Alexandria, La.), then transferred by Sheila Foreman (Alexandria District Office administrative assistant) in 2023.

Title
Finding Aid to Marksville United Methodist Church (Marksville, La.) records
Author
Beth Vogler and Chris Brown
Date
2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
2911 Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport LA 71104 US
(318) 869-5462